BOB DYLAN - Man Gave Names To All The Animals [Tempe 1979/11/26]

 

 

 

 from the album Slow Train Coming · Copyright: Writer(s): Bob Dylan Lyrics Terms of Use 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long 

 

 

time ago.

 

 

 He saw an animal that liked to growl, Big furry paws and he liked to howl, Great big furry back and furry hair. "Ah, think I'll call it a bear." Man gave names to all the animals 

 

In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals 

In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal up on a hill 

Chewing up so much grass until she was filled. He saw milk comin' 

out but he didn't know how. "Ah, think I'll call it a cow."

 

 Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long 

 

time ago. He saw an animal that liked to snort, Horns on his head 

 

and they weren't too short. It looked like there wasn't nothin' that he couldn't pull. "Ah, think I'll call it a bull." Man gave names to all the 

 

animals In the beginning, in the 

beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long time ago. He saw an animal leavin' a muddy trail, Real dirty face and 

 

a curly tail. He wasn't too small and he wasn't too big. "Ah, think I'll call it a pig." 

 

 Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long 

time ago.

 Next animal that he did meet Had wool on his back and hooves on his feet, Eating grass on a mountainside so steep. "Ah, think I'll call 

it a sheep."

 

 Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, in the beginning. Man gave names to all the animals In the beginning, long 

time ago. He saw an animal as smooth as glass 

 

Slithering his way through the grass. Saw him disappear by a tree near a lake . . .